Thursday, March 05, 2015

Latest News from Ukraine

"A large number of terrorist Takfiri fighters in Syria, who bear Saudi
and Chechnian nationalities and receive financial and military backup
from the Saudi intelligence agency, have been transferred to the
Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on several planes to help the Ukrainian army in
its fight against the pro-Russian population," an Arab security
official told FNA on Sunday on the condition of anonymity due to the
secrecy of the issue.

"Before this week is up, we’ll be deploying a battalion... to the Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces for the fight that's taking place," US 173rd Airborne Brigade Commander Colonel Michael Foster said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC on Monday. Despite earlier warnings from Russia (and claims that NATO had not agreed to any such foreign 'boots on the ground' action') Foster added, "what we’ve got laid out is six United States companies that will be training six Ukrainian companies throughout the summer." (See video below - at least watch from 30:18 to 32:15)

Speaking before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, US Assistant Secretary of European Affairs Victoria Nuland said that the State Department is vastly increasing its budget for battling what she calls “the Kremlin’s pervasive propaganda campaign poisoning minds across Russia, on Russia’s periphery, and across Europe. This year, the [Broadcasting Board of Governors] is committing $23.2 million to Russian-language programming,” Nuland told the committee. “A 49% increase since [fiscal year 2014].” The State Department is also requesting an additional $20 million, which would “ramp up efforts to counter lies with truth.”

An extensive report on "How the Malaysian Boeing" was shot down over Ukraine has been completed. You can find it here